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Key InitiativesE-R Projects
LDC

• Long Distance Corridors
• Willem Bloys
• Rijkswaterstaat

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Long Distance Corridors
LDC
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• Euro-Regional Activities
• Viking
• Serti
• Arts
• Streetwise/Centrico/Corvettefollow up

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LDC Setting
LDC

• Major EU target (working paper Dec 2001)
• Compliant with ITS guidelines in EU White Paper
• Included by E-R projects in MIP 2001-2006 (TEMPO)

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LDC Setting
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Possible Long Distance Corridors
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LDC Scope
LDC

• Major strategic trans-European Corridor
• Significant volume of LD traffic
• Often beyond boundaries E-R project
• Based on user profiles and needs

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Major Objectives
LDC

• Remove borders
• Harmonize measures
• Facilitate international traveler
• Develop traffic management tool

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Target groups
LDC

• Freight transport
• Coaches
• Business travellers
• Seasonal holiday travellers
• Road administrations

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General and specific problems
LDC

• General problems
• Traffic congestion (due to various reasons)
• Capacity/speed reductions (due to steep
  gradients, weather)
• Waiting times (at ferries, trains or borders)
• Major events
• Extra difficult for LDC users because of
• unfamiliarity with the road network
• unfamiliarity with the language, signs, radio
• a wide choice of different routing possibilities
  for many long-distance trips
• unfamiliarity of the locations of the key route
  decision points
• heavy goods vehicles often lack information on
  parking facilities

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Information Technologies
LDC

• Internet websites (incl. Via Europa)
• Teletext
• Print media
• Cellular phones (GSM, WAP)
• In-car systems (radio, RDS-TMC)
• VMS
• Information booths

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Viking LDC Planning
LDC

• Common project for MIP 2003
• Work plan 2nd half of 2003 being prepared
• Observer Centrico-Corvette-Streetwise feasibility
  study
• Methodology CSC used
• Specific conditions (Baltic Sea, ferries)

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SERTI LDC Study
LDC

• France
• Italy
• Spain

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LDC France (ASFA), phases
LDC

• Analysis documents (traffic distribution,
  TMPs,internet sites etc.)
• Needs decision makersoperators (France, Spain,
  Italy)
• Identification corridors
• Identification actions taken (incl. 2003)
• Action plan 2004-2006

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Serti LDC Solutions
LDC

• Cross-border traffic management
• TMP, cooperation authorities, operators
• Data exchange operators
• Events, traffic data, common map
• User information
• GIE map, Via Europa, RDS-TMC, travel time,
  multilingual internet sites, info booths
• Innovative actions (proposed)
• Travel time etc
• Management HGV incl. Multimodal freight portal
  Centrico

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LDC study Italy
LDC

• COSA (Corridor South of the Alps)
• Part multi LDC grid
• Links to corridor France, Northern countries,
  Eastern EU candidate countries (Hungary,
  Slovenia)
• LDC questionnaire (freight, bus)

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LDC COSA scheme
LDC
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COSA Results
LDC

• LDC definition chain of roads with high traffic
  volume
• High market potential for services focal point
  (both for short long distance traveller)
• Traffic Info
• GSM, VMS, internet, RDS-TMC, GPS based services
  Galileo compatible
• Services
• LDC call center, car break down, hotels/tourist
  info
• Intermodality condition further development

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LDC Study Spain - Serti
LDC

• Mediterranean corridor Spain between La Jonquera
  and Algeciras .
• Mediterranean corridor is set of roads with
  different types of traffic
• Big Cities, Important harbours, tourist areas,
• Main problem
• summer migrations, specially of Magrebian people
  between Europe and the North-Africa countries
• DGT has developed special measures in the
  corridors (Central and Mediterranean)
• Measures will be explained by Ana Luz Jiménez in
  Traffic Management and Control session

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LDC study ARTS
LDC

• Feasibility study of TMPs for LDC by DGT
• The study identifies
• The LDC in the Spanish ARTS area
• Two Corridors
• Different types
  of end users
• Tourist and
  summer migrations
• Lorry drivers
• Analysis of TMP
  measures in LDC

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Centrico-Corvette-StreetwiseFeasibility study
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Centrico-Corvette-Streetwise Objectives and
phases
LDC

• Analyze relevance LDC traffic
• Analyze traffic problems
• Investigate ITS measures, technologies, media to
  improve level of service and reduce problems
• Describe organizational issues
• Prepare preliminary action plan

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Information Measures
LDC

• Re-routing
• Parking
• Availability
• Security
• Modal choice
• Rail
• Ferries
• Re-timing

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Proposed Specific Measures
LDC

• Key decision points
• Information booths
• LDC telephone enquiry service
• Corridor leaflet/map (a.o. real time information
  sources)

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Key decision points
LDC

• Choice alternative routes
• Information
• Driving time
• Road works
• Bad weather
• Major congestion
• Etc..

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Centrico-Corvette-Streetwise feasibility study
LDC
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Key southbound decision points in LDC
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Decision point south-bound
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Re-routing Cross Channel
LDC

• Main users Holiday traffic (British), Freight
  (British continental)
• Destinations Southern Germany, CH, A, I,
  South-Eastern Europe
• Decision point Routing on continental side of
  channel - via A16 (Belgium), A25 (Lille), A26
  (Reims)

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Cross-channel information project
LDC

• Cooperation stakeholders England France
• Traffic bulletins in English on French radio
  107.7 FM (SANEF)
• Leaflet foreign drivers
• Planned
• Website link SANEF-Highways Agency
• Feed English traffic info in French 107.7 FM

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Re-routing Modena
LDC

• Alternatives
• A1 via Milan Switzerland to North Europe
• A4 via Verona Brenner- Austria to North Europe
• Key issues
• Both routes go through congested metropolitan
  areas
• Both routes have alpine sections
• Alpine crossing and metropolitan area information
  is a priority

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Centrico-Corvette-Streetwise Follow up
LDC

• Invited partners
• UK
• France
• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Germany
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Italy

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Centrico-Corvette-Streetwise Follow up
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• Objective LDC demonstrator
• Development of a LDC demonstrator to facilitate
  the road user and road operator
• For long distance (gt500 km) traffic
• Specified route within Europe
• Based on user needs
• Kick off 2 July 2003

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Centrico-Corvette-StreetwiseSchedule
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Cross-fertilization
LDC

• Cooperation between E-R projects
• Cooperation between stakeholders
• Road authorities, companies etc..
• Synergy between actors various activity domains
• Stimulation other activities
• Traffic management (re-routing, VMS)
• Data exchange
• Traveler Info (Via Europa, OTAP etc)
• Freight Fleet

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Conclusions Recommendations
LDC

• Obtain good insight in user needs
• Be practical, start simple, use demonstrator
• Make effective use of other initiatives/measures
• Extra attention for organizational matters
• Involve each partner, own responsibility
• Exchange experience between projects
• Yes, LDC has potential! Welcome on board to
  participate!

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Future LDC?
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Available E-R LDC Reports/documents
LDC

• LDC Feasibilty Study - Interim Report by Centrico
• LDC Feasibilty Study - Final Report by Centrico
• Traffic information needs of the freight industry
  by Streetwise
• LDC Preliminary Analysis by Serti
• LDC Study - Final Report by Serti
• Survey on SAPN information usage and needs of
  information by freight forwarders by SAPN
  (Centrico)

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